Prisons and security An example of a state prison system is located in Huntsville Texas‚ and is the Texas department of Corrections. The department was established in 1849. Because of the strict controlled environment this facility because the facility to which all were modeled after. The growth of state prisons is mostly because of the fact that prison is supposed to be a cure all end all. People are sent to prison on the grounds that whatever happens there will be a deterrent for future infractions
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racial inequality against African Americans in the United States prison system is one of the largest issues to take place for many years. In the nineteen-thirties‚ blacks were three times more likely to be imprisoned than whites. In the nineteen-nineties the ratio increased to more than seven times that of whites. Til this day‚ this country has about three hundred million people‚ with two million people behind bars. But within those two million people‚ African Americans - black men‚ in particular‚ are
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Vulnerable Population: Homeless Priscilla Cabreza HCS/531 January 23‚ 2012 Debbie Vaughn Vulnerable Population: Homeless Introduction Many factors can affect the delivery of health care. It is believed that environmental‚ political‚ economic‚ medical‚ demographic location‚ social‚ cultural‚ and spiritual factors can affect certain population groups and can make these groups more vulnerable than the general population. The question of who is vulnerable and what makes an individual vulnerable
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The United States has one of the highest rates of inmates globally. The majority of the inmate’s ages vary from 31- 40 (bop.gov). These are the ages where people are productive and becoming the most effective part of the economy. The inmates are being held in prison and are a part of the violence and the unpredicted behaviors that is happening inside the prisons. Prisons are supposed to be places that change and develop people to the better. Instead it is a place deprived of humanity and consciousness
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Thank you for your thought-provoking posts Kik and Maggie. Maggie‚ you are accurate when you emphasized a clear disparity in healthcare privileges. Kik‚ what you mentioned about measuring point of poverty is death is a painful message we see now. We complain of simple things‚ like how it is hot and humid it is in Florida‚ yet we can address this by having a glass of icy cold water or maybe a trip to the nearest ice cream parlor to cool us off. But in the other parts of the globe‚ lack of clean
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conditions that are experienced by one in five Americans. Those who do not get treatment‚ mental illnesses can consequence in disability and desolation for families‚ schools‚ societies‚ and the workplace. The mainly important aspect of minorities ’ health and wellness is the one that gets the slightest concentration mental health ’. Many minorities have to contract with numerous stressful issues at once (Hagedorn‚ 1977). For instance‚ current immigrants have to settle in to a new country‚ learn a new
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life has improved for most Americans over the past few decades. However‚ good health is usually associated with an individual’s economic status‚ demographics‚ and ethnicity. It should be no surprise that minorities in the United States receive unequal treatment from the healthcare system. On the contrary‚ it is well known that many illegal immigrants are able to obtain free medical services as soon as they enter this country. This essay will analyze the many disparities in the healthcare system
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Practitioner (ANP) when assessing and analysing the health needs of a specific population. The author will focus on one specific disease‚ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in relation to South Asian men living in both the United Kingdom (UK) and in South Asia. In view of the large demographics of South Asia the author will specifically focus on Indian‚ Pakistan and Bangladeshi groups also making a comparison with the population residing in Ireland. The author will provide a critical and analytical
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MKTG_310_C_12-53 February 7th‚ 2013 Minority Research Paper # 1 HISPANIC AMERICAN Question: Total numbers in the U.S. Answer: 52.0 million is the estimated Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1‚ 2011 Question: Percent of the total U. S. population Answer: 63% of Hispanic-origin people in the United States who were of Mexican background in 2010. Question: Rate of growth Answer: More than 1 of every two people added to the nation’s population between July 1‚ 2008‚ and July
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Minority Police Brutality in Major Cities of the United States Since the first state-sponsored police forces in the U.S. racial discrimination in police forces has been a characteristic of the American landscape. Racial profiling and police brutality have their roots in enforcement of slave codes‚ black codes‚ and Jim Crow Segregation laws. We Charge Genocide‚ a petition submitted to the UN by the Civil Rights Congress in 1951‚ documented thousands of incidents of police violence against African
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